Successful adoption of an agile development approach demands more than new techniques and training – it also requires considerable changes in the way businesses think about, collaborate, and participate in the application development process. Command Information helps companies adopt these changes with straightforward coaching or more involved, interactive, on-site development assistance. We can, in short, demonstrate the business and IT value of agile methods along with the ease of agile method integration at every level of the organization.

Which Offering is Best for You?

The interactive graphic below details the benefits of each step and describes the role both Command Information and the client perform. As always, our team of agile experts are happy to talk about your unique needs.

Command develops your custom application using its proprietary agile methodology. Software development can take place either at your location or ours.

What You Get

• Complete custom application
• Introduction and exposure to agile practices
• Ability to evaluate code quality developed using agile practices
• Business users trained to interact with an agile team

What We Do

• Develop your custom application, within a designated timeframe, using VALID™, our proprietary agile methodology
• Coach business users to successfully interact with an agile team throughout the project lifecycle

What You Do

• Identify an solution for development
• Designate a business user as product owner for the application to support development prioritization and requirements definition
• Watch an agile methodology in action

Command develops your custom application while working with a small team from your IT staff. Software development can take place either at your location or ours.

What You Get

• All the benefits of Phase 1: See it., PLUS…
• Trained developers who can evaluate agile practices and communicate their applicability to your organization

What We Do

• Develop your custom application, within a designated timeframe, using VALID™ – our proprietary agile methodology
• Coach and train select developers and analysts on agile development practices
• Coach business users to successfully interact with an agile team throughout the project lifecycle

What You Do

• Identify an solution for development
• Designate business user as product owner for the application to support development prioritization and requirements definition
• Allocate a small team to join Command Information in the project delivery

Command leads your project team through an agile development process. Software development should take place at your location.

What You Get

• All the benefits of Phase 2: Try it., PLUS…
• A custom agile methodology proven to work in your environment
• A development team trained and skilled in agile practices
• Education to key stakeholders on agile practices, benefits and case studies

What We Do

• Customize an agile methodology to fit your organization
• Lead your project team through an agile development
• Coach and train your project team on appropriate agile development practices
• Develop a communication plan to promote agile acceptance within the organization

What You Do

• Identify a solution for development
• Identify a team of developers, testers and analysts to learn the agile practices
• Provide a development team room and development environment to support the application build

Assisted by Command coaches and mentors, your team will develop a custom application using agile practices. Development should take place at your location.

What You Get

• All the benefits of Phase 3: Learn it., PLUS…
• Project leadership trained and capable of leading and coaching agile development teams in your organization
• Entrenchment and refinement of your customized agile methodology

What We Do

• Customize an agile methodology to fit your organization
• Mentor your development team through one-on-one coaching and customized training
• Develop a communication plan to promote agile acceptance with the organization

What You Do

• Designate a complete development team to learn the agile effort and build the application
• Provide a development team room and development environment to support the application build